314 HISTORY OF THE 



The last possessor of that family led a dissolute 

 life, and in March, 1768, was tried at Guildford 

 assizes for a rape on Sarah Woodcock, a milliner, 

 whom he sent to his house here. He narrowly 

 escaped being convicted. Soon afterwards he sold 

 his estate, at this place, went abroad, and died at 

 Naples, in 1771. The following anecdotes of this 

 nobleman are taken from a German periodical 

 publication, entitled 011a Podrida for 1785, (Part 

 IV. p. 45.) 



** Lord Baltimore, who published ' Remarks on 

 Constantinople and the Turks,' in 1768, and a 

 ' Tour in the Levant,' in 1769, determined to keep 

 constantly travelling, that, as he said, he might 

 not know where he should be buried. In 1769 

 he travelled with eight women, a physician, and 

 two black eunuchs, who were entrusted with the 

 superintendence of his little seraglio. With the 

 assistance of his doctor, he made many singular 

 experiments upon the ladies of his harem, feeding 

 such as were inclined to be fat, on acid aliments 

 alone, and those of a contrary nature with milk, 

 soups, and nutritious diet. On his arrival with this 

 retinue at Vienna, the inspector of police begged to 

 be informed which of the eight ladies was his wife. 

 He returned this message, that " he was an Eng- 

 lishman, and whenever he was called to account 

 about his marriage, he immediately left that place, 

 unless an opportunity was afforded him of boxing it 

 out.'^ 



